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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Transfers that did not happen, Part Fourteen

1-
In 1968, Belgium’s Wilfried van Moer almost joined Club Brugge from Antwerp.

He
had even signed a pre-contract. Club Brugge dragged on the negotiations hoping
to get a reduced fee. One day or so before the transfer deadline Standard Liege
came in and offered 3 Million Belgian Francs plus Velko Naumovic.

Nothing
materialized and the player shortly afterwards joined Spain’s RCD Espanol
Barcelona.

Photo
From: Mondial, new series, Issue 91, October 1987

(Graeme Souness at Rangers Glasgow)

Photo
From: World Soccer, April 1989

(USSR’s Vasily Rats)

3-
On April 28, 1978, Brazil and Flamengo’s Zico disclosed that Barcelona had
contacted him. The offer was refused.

Photo
From: Onze, Issue 8, August 1976

(Zico
at Flamengo)

4-In
the Spring of 1985, it was reported that SV Hamburg’s General Manager Gunter
Netzer had tried to sign Kaiserslautern’s Andreas Brehme.

He
had offered a substantial fee, in addition Scottish striker Mark McGhee and
Jurgen Groh.

SV
Hamburg publically denied of making this exchange deal.

Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 5, September October 1979

(Gunter
Netzer)

Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 19, August 1990

(Andreas Brehme, July 4, 1990, World Cup, West
Germany 1-England 1)

Photo
From: Onze, Issue 89, May 1983

(SV Hamburg’s Jurgen Groh)

Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 1, January February 1985

(Scotland’s Mark McGhee at SV Hamburg, 1984/85)

5-In December 1978, it was reported that
Manchester United had approached Austria’s Wacker Innsbruck to sign their
International goalkeeper Frierich Koncilia. The deal did not materialize and
Koncilia joined Anderlecht the following season.